16 August 2025 | SAT | 8:00PM

Tickets will be available on Cityline. Free Seating.

HKNME is thrilled to present Simon Steen-Andersen’s Black Box Music as a cornerstone of our GAME\PLAY initiative. This innovative work typifies Steen-Andersen’s interdisciplinary approach, blending various artistic expressions and defying conventional genre boundaries. Conducted by a percussionist via a live video feed, Black Box Music critiques and reimagines the act of conducting as a form of puppet theatre, humorously deconstructing traditional hierarchical dynamics between conductor and musicians.

This performance marks a significant premiere, bringing Steen-Andersen’s vision to Hong Kong and fostering a dialogue between Western avant-garde practices and the region’s rich cultural backdrop. Accompanying this, curator Daniel Lo will present a newly commissioned piece that resonates with Steen-Andersen’s themes, further exploring the relationship between the music produced and the musicians’ performing gestures, as well as the connection between the audience’s sonic and visual experiences.

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Artistic team

Performed by | Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

Black Box/Performer | Roberto Maqueda

Visual Artist | Yu Wing-yan

Curator/Composer | Daniel Lo

Composer | Simon Steen-Andersen

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Supported by:

Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme

Tom Lee Music

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